Styrax absolute (low sytrene)
At a glance
Styrax absolute is a fragrant oil extracted from the sap of the Styrax tree, used in perfumery for its sweet, balsamic, and slightly spicy notes It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.
One of several trade forms of Styrax catalogued here, see the full family โ
Where natural raw materials actually come from โ ยท Why some materials get IFRA-restricted โ